M1.9 earthquake 1 km ESE of Gunnison, Utah
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 1 km ESE of Gunnison, Utah on Fri, Sep 13, 1985, 7:20 AM MDT (13:20 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 13 km NW of Orangeville, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-09-13 13:20:46 UTC
- Depth
- 6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.152° N, 111.799° W
- Region
- Utah
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.7 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.912 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah · 14982 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.313 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 14979 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.62 km ENE of Genola, Utah · 14979 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.02 km ENE of Gunnison, Utah · 14975 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.117 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah · 14973 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.915 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah · 14967 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.82 km S of West Mountain, Utah · 14960 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.326 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 14933 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 1.56 km W of Sigurd, Utah · 14994 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.517 km ESE of Mount Pleasant, Utah · 15011 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Marysvale, Utah · 15012 days ago · -3 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.09 km NW of Marysvale, Utah · 15012 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Leamington, Utah · 15014 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.619 km WSW of Nephi, Utah · 15016 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50023945. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:05 PM UTC.